I* A Defcriptim of a Roman Sudatory , or Hypo- 
eauftum , found at Wroxeter in Shropshire, 
Anno 1701. <By Mr John Lyfter. Communi- 
cated to the dtyyal Society hy John Harwood 
LL. f>. and F. S. 
A Bout 40 Perches diftant North from a ruinous Wall, 
Jf\, call’d the Old-Work, of Wroxeter , once Xfriconium, 
a famous City in Shropjhire , in a piece of Arable *Land, in 
the Tenure of Mr. Bernet, he obferved, that altho thefe 
Fields had formerly been fertilized and made very rich 
by the Flames and Deftru&ion of the City, yet a fmall 
Square Parcel thereof to be fruitless, and not to be im- 
proved by the beft Manure. He then gueffir-g the Cai.fe of 
Sterility to be underneath, fent bis Men to dig and fearch 
into it 5 but the Soil being then unfown, caus’d them to 
miftake, and fearch in a. wrong place 5, where they hap- 
pen’d upon Bottoms of old Walls, buried in their own 
Rubbifh, (being fdch as are often found in thofe Fields;) 
and the Inhabitants digging one of them up, for the 
benefit of the Building-Stone, were thereby guided to, 
the Weftern Corner of the faid unprofitable Spot of Land : 
Where they found ( near the Foundation ) a little Door- 
place, which, when cleanfed, ga' ? e Entrance into the 
Vacancy of a fquare Room, walled about, and floor’d 
under and over, with fome AOies and Band therein. 
This was built in times pafl ( as (om foppofe-) fop a 
Sxdatorjt.oi Sweating- houfe for lioman Souloic.rs ; bf g ret 
with 4 Ranks of fmall Brick Pillars, 8 incbes.fqua and 
laid- in a ftrong fort of very fine Red Clay; each.? 'ar 
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